“More to the point: the growing universe of the Nones—the new nonreligious—is one of the most spiritually vibrant and provocative spaces in… — Krista Tippett Copy Share Image
“The personality of man is not an apple that has to be polished, but a banana that has to be peeled. And… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
There is part of me that longs to have the back-to-the-earth life - make my own bread, grow my own wheat, just… — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
“There is, in the circumstances of modern life, only one solution to the problem of resentment, and that is social mobility. The… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
“Laila could picture the flow of traffic all around her. From above, she watched the cars move along in streams like all… — Cliff Jones Jr Copy Share Image
“In any case, it seems to me that all over the world people nowadays prefer to judge rather than to understand, to… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
I was scared of the Bible - it seemed whenever I read it I got bad luck. Then I befriended a couple… — Beth Orton Copy Share Image
The ablest men in all walks of modern life are men of faith. Most of them have much more faith than they… — Bruce Barton Copy Share Image
“After 1908, and especially after 1945, capitalist greed was somewhat reined in, not least due to the fear of Communism. Yet inequities… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“When I like people immensely I never tell their names to anyone. It is like surrendering a part of them. I have… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
In the United States, we've put our elections on Tuesday. That's dumb. In modern life, it makes absolutely no sense. — Shaun King Copy Share Image
“Don’t let the modern love change you too much that you forget what it is to live with kindness and compassion. From… — Jyoti Patel Copy Share Image
“In our consumer culture, we always want the next best thing: the latest, the newest, the youngest. Failing that, we at least… — Esther Perel Copy Share Image
Modern life is moving faster than the speed of thought, or thoughtfulness. — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
I always think that 'Sound of My Voice' is a movie about the crumbs in 'Hansel and Gretel.' You know, those crumbs.… — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
The townspeople are morons, yokels, peasants and genus homo boobiensis...surrounded by gaping primates from the upland vallies. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Every patient reacts a little differently, both biologically and psychologically. The only constant in cancer is inconstancy; the only certainty is a… — Jonathan Alter Copy Share Image
“The movie Koyaanisqatsi shows non-commented time-lapse footage and focuses our attention on the very rhythm of our civilized modern life and nature.… — Sebastian Marincolo Copy Share Image
“One is sure to be disappointed if one tries to get romance out of modern life.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“The Dopamine Paradigm by Stewart Stafford Never so connected, Yet, never further apart, A crowded room's isolation, An aspic suitors' false start.… — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
Kenney knows two essential truths about melodrama: First that it is most powerful when combined with irony and understatement; and second that… — Stefan Kanfer Copy Share Image
“The need to be normal is the predominant anxiety disorder in modern life.” — Thomas Moore Copy Share Image
The problem of living in this modern world is the problem of finding room in it. The crowd principle is so universally… — Gerald Stanley Lee Copy Share Image
Progress is a continuing effort to make the things we eat, drink and wear as good as they used to be. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
